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It's been a long time running: New understandings of crime severity and specialization in Canada's longest running crime capital, North Battleford
The Canadian Geographer ( IF 1.482 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-07 , DOI: 10.1111/cag.12703
Tarah Hodgkinson 1
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Until last year, North Battleford, Saskatchewan has held the title for the “crime capital of Canada” with the highest crime severity index in the country. While the crime severity index is considered a better measure of crime seriousness compared to crime rates, it is still largely influenced by population size. As a result, the small municipality of North Battleford, with a population of approximately 14,000 people, may be inappropriately labelled as the crime capital. The current study compares the crime severity index and crime rates against the location quotient: a geographical measure. The location quotient calculates an area's crime specialization, compared to surrounding areas. In the period 2006 to 2018, findings indicate that North Battleford did not specialize in violent crime compared to other municipal police jurisdictions in Saskatchewan. Implications for policy and practice, as well as local narratives and stigmatization, are discussed.

中文翻译:

它已经运行了很长时间:加拿大历史最悠久的犯罪之都北贝特尔福德对犯罪严重性和专业化的新认识

直到去年,萨斯喀彻温省北贝特尔福德一直是加拿大犯罪严重程度指数最高的“加拿大犯罪之都”。虽然与犯罪率相比,犯罪严重程度指数被认为是衡量犯罪严重程度的更好指标,但它仍然在很大程度上受到人口规模的影响。因此,人口约 14,000 人的北贝特尔福德小市镇可能被不恰当地标记为犯罪之都。目前的研究将犯罪严重程度指数和犯罪率与地点商数进行比较:一种地理衡量标准。位置商计算一个区域与周围区域相比的犯罪专业化程度。在 2006 年至 2018 年期间,调查结果表明,与萨斯喀彻温省的其他市政警察管辖区相比,北贝特尔福德并不专门从事暴力犯罪。讨论了对政策和实践的影响,以及当地的叙述和污名化.
更新日期:2021-07-07
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